VIBRANT MALAYSIA

BB entrance of Pavilion Shopping Center

The festive season is around the corner and Malaysians are geared to welcome this joyous occasion.When you go around the many shopping outlets in Kuala Lumpur and around the city you will find plenty evidence of it.Come party with us!




 




Yummy Yogurt & Fruits

Carolling at The Curve

Excited over her steak!

Christmas Display at foy'er of the complex

Xmas Decor

A window display

A menu cover of a favorite food haunt

Shopping for gifts for the season is always welcomed.

A Garment/Hat Rack at the Coliseum Cafe

Penang Delights

A 24hour food stall

The east Coast BBQ seafood serves up a fantastic variety of seafood

Richard's Boutique & Cafe @ BKK lane

Penang at night is a symphony of sights and delight!

Walking along the Gurney Drive Stretch one encounters food and the sea and shopping complexes too!

A Steamboat Restaurant @ MacAlister Road

On the way to Crepes Cottage on Gurney Drive

Yummy Crepe with ice-cream

Sucullent Balitung

Stall at Gurney Drive food court

The rotation of food stalls opening at different times of the day is unique in this island.Breakfast stalls are open as the sun rises followed by lunch type food outlets sometimes at about1300 hrs and some open at 1500hrs followed by those for dinner customers,others open only at night till dawn.

Penang Delights

Experience the fresh smells at Pulau Tikus market where chefs from around the surrounding hotels and restaurants select their daily rations,you can do so too!

 some veggie sprouts?

Selecting Fresh veggies @ the market

Imported Bulbs from China are also found here!

The selection of fresh produce is staggering! Besides shopping for these fresh food you can also have breakfast while you are here.

Like this fried carrot cake or yummy kuay teow thung?

Stroll down the streets to work off the breakfast

A bowl of yum kuay teow thung

Select some pomelos while you are at it!

Walking around the streets you may discover lots.Most of the merchants may have passed on their glory to the new generation and they continue their trade up to this day.


Someone's Treasure?

Visit the Heritage centers around the city,namely the Khoo Kongsi with a cronological documentation of its past.



Stay at Heritage Boutique Homes where it'll whizzz you back a century or two!

A refurbished home @ BKK Lane

Below is a room in a Heritage B&B at Bangkok Lane,Penang with attached bathroom and TV Lounge,such luxury at www. Palanquinn.com

Bedroom @ Palanquinn B&B BKK Lane,Penang

A Mobile Satay Stall @ BKK Lane!

African SeaCoconuts

Old Tiles in Heritage Homes

International Annual Jazz Festival in Penang 2010

Drinks Vendor@PenangRoad

A Retro Type Cafe

The Palanquinn B&B,BKK Lane Penang

Local Art is available in the many Art Collections around the city

More Penang Delights

No:15 BKK Lane Penang

During a recent visit to Penang we came across interesting food and sights,like this beautiful facade of a home in Bangkok Lane No:15 Shirley & Jasmine Cheah's home where we stayed,and also where the old meets new,the Buddhist Spire and the newly constructed building side by side.

There are a myraid of sights and sounds awaiting you every step in any direction you take while walking around Penang's streets,from yummy peach desserts at Cottage Crepe to fresh honey oranges at the Pulau Tikus Market!

Whether it is patiently awaiting your turn at "Nasi Kandar Line Clear"eating place off Penang Road or rushing for a table at New Lane Hawker center it is worth the time and effort exploring these eateries around.

Nasi Kandar Line Clear

New Lane Hawker Food

Oyster Eggs Dish



Pregnant Fish 2B BBQed



Fresh Longans

There are many clan houses and associations around the island and each one is unique in its history and architecture refelecting the clan's structure and heritage,which was brought over from China in days bygone.

A road side food stall